Criticism
… Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster—stood, by common consent, preeminent. For better or worse (some of … the United States in the main. Calhoun for his part could also be starkly small-minded, as when he resisted Clay’s … insects, the three triumvirs would sting their last and die within months of this last intersectional bargain. We …
Fiction
… things smaller—the Kurzym Bypass, ideal for reducing highly complex pieces of machinery, for instance, or Montclaire’s … droplets of water—fill me with a great anxiety. I have also, claiming allergies, given the cat to a friend and have … to admit it, I felt some pride in this. One of the many complaints we face in my office is that in the process of …
Fiction
… jokes about spinning webs, huh?” Charlotte’s Web had just come out, which I knew because my sister had seen it 700 … about asking her if she wanted to know about the specials, but the place across from her was still empty. … see a thousand tiny notations, asterisks and exclamation points everywhere. “You may be right about this,” she said. …
Criticism
… D.C. is almost two-and-a-half times more likely to die before age one than a baby born in Vermont. African … United States and to empower people to hold elected officials accountable for progress on issues we all care about. 2. … connect with the next wave of voters? Plus, a design expert comments on the infamous New Yorker cover . 4. Is Paris …
Poetry
… in the earliest and dimmest stage . —Martin Buber The petals of the dogwood trees are an inflamed guilty pink. Aztec … may be no resistence to this day’s vividness. Clarity must complete our sacrifice. The naked sun in his feathered cloak …
Criticism
… and Other Poems. By Robert Francis. New York: The Macmillan Company. $2.00. The Five-Fold Mesh. By Ben Belitt. New York: … a Jeffers long piece, without the fireworks: there is a steadier flame instead. In brief, the poem deals with the idyllic life of a family in Vermont, united on …